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Advanced wf: Only view task appearing on Manage [SOLVED]

jimcornmell — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:06:14 GMT

Hi All,I have defined an advanced workflow (see below). When I select "Start Advanced Workflow" and assign it to someone that person (if if its the same user) only has the "View Content Properties". And no other icons (and hence Abilities). I'm guessing its either a Roles or workflow issue, but t

Re: Advanced wf: Only view task appearing on Manage [SOLVED]

rob562435 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:57:34 GMT

You have to add a few lines to the model definition (not the process defrinition as shown above!) as in the next example to add additional "authorities" to a certain workflow task:

 <type name="mywf:createTask">
  <parent>bpm:workflowTask</parent>
  <overrides>
   <property name="bpm:packageActionGroup">
    <default>add_package_item_actions</default>
   </property>
   <property name="bpm:packageItemActionGroup">
    <default>edit_package_item_actions</default>
   </property>
  </overrides>
  <mandatory-aspects>
…
  </mandatory-aspects>
 </type>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Within the overrides section the additional authoizations are put. For more information see the Workflow Administration WIKI: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/WorkflowAdministration#Workflow_Package_Actions

Re: Advanced wf: Only view task appearing on Manage [SOLVED]

jimcornmell — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:04:34 GMT

Thanks for the help Rob, you were spot on.

Jim